binnovel Chapter 289 Self-preservation?
Chapter 289 Self-preservation?
Upon seeing Ye Qing and his group enter, Ye Liang quickly pointed to several seats nearby and said, "Please, everyone, have a seat!"
These seats, located on either side of him, were left empty, specifically reserved for Ye Qing and the other two!
Ye Yun walked to the last seat and sat down.
When Ye Qing arrived at the front, all eyes fell on him. Most of these people were old men, and Ye Qing felt very uncomfortable being stared at by so many old men!
He pulled Lin Qianyu along the way, and only after they sat down at the front did he breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Beside her, Li Yuhuan sat down in a chair and said, "Are you satisfied with Ye Qing?"
"Satisfied! Such a young superstar will surely surpass his father in the future, and might even surpass Yi Shuihan!" Ye Liang said with a slight smile.
Beside him, Ye Qing was speechless. He had a feeling that today's events were as if the Ye family was testing him.
Ye Liang took a deep breath and said to Ye Qing, "Nephew, is it alright for me to address you like this?"
Ye Qing was speechless. This Ye Liang was quite old, probably his grandfather's generation, but Ye Qing didn't mind that he addressed him that way. He nodded and said, "Please, do as you please!"
“Actually, I’ve wanted to leave Tianluodiwang for a long time, but this world has its own rules!” Ye Liang said. “If I leave Tianluodiwang rashly, it will be detrimental to my Ye family, and the entire Ye family may even gradually decline and fall.”
"So we need a powerful backer!" Ye Liang sighed and said.
“Your Ye family has the senior Lu Guyang, it’s impossible for you to have declined!” Ye Qing said.
Upon hearing this name, the expressions of everyone in the Ye family became somewhat strange, while the Ye family patriarch, who had almost no hair left, coldly snorted.
Clearly, the relationship between Lu Guyang and the Ye family is not that simple.
"That's why we found you. President Li mentioned to me that you are super, which strengthened my resolve. Today, the main reason is to confirm your strength, and at the same time, to put on a show for Sima Kong!" Ye Liang said, "Leaving the Heavenly Net requires a pretext, and this bet is a logical step."
"I'm a little curious, why did you leave the Heavenly Net?" Ye Qing asked.
"Alas!" Ye Liang said, "The Heavenly Net is terribly corrupt. You have seen my Ye family. We are a large and powerful family. Over the long years, we have made countless contributions to the Heavenly Net. However, with the passage of time, in recent years, the number of people from the Tang Clan, Chen Tianyao's backers, the main family, and other places who go to the battlefield has been decreasing!"
"Our Ye family is at the forefront, suffering enormous losses," Ye Liang said with a bitter smile. "And in the secular capital of Yanjing, although we are known as the number one family, we're not doing so well either. In business, several forces are secretly competing with us and suppressing us..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qing frowned deeply and said, "Is the current Heavenly Net so corrupt that even the War Department is having problems?"
"It's not that there's a problem!" Ye Liang said. "The main reason is that several families are having fewer and fewer people joining the war department, so they have to fill the gaps from other places!"
Li Yuhuan frowned deeply and said, "This must be what you meant by cutting the cake... If back then, when we withdrew from the Heavenly Net, Yi Shuihan and Sima Kong had chosen to keep us and let us clean up the mess in the Heavenly Net, things wouldn't have come to this!"
Ye Liang sighed and said, "In addition, there is a mysterious force pushing the underworld forward, and the order and structure of the entire world are in turmoil. I must protect myself."
"Of course, there's another reason why we chose you!" Ye Liang said.
"What?" Ye Qing asked.
“I went to Mangshan before and met with your master, hoping he could intervene and regulate the internal affairs of Tianluodiwang. Only Mangshan has the power and influence to do so now,” Ye Liang said. “He suggested I leave Tianluodiwang and join Dawn!”
Ye Qing's expression shifted.
Then he pondered for a moment and said, "Old man, everyone... to be honest, Dawn is not so peaceful right now!"
"Huh?" Everyone looked at Ye Qing!
"I've explained the pros and cons clearly. Whether you still choose to join is entirely up to you!" Ye Qing took a deep breath.
"The existence of Dawn wasn't for self-preservation. My parents founded Dawn with the intention of sweeping away the filth of the Heavenly Net in their own way!" Ye Qing said. "Of course, I'm not a member of the Heavenly Net, and I have no interest in it whatsoever!"
"But what I'm doing now is similar to this. I have a senior sister, my third senior sister, Liu Yingying, who died in Jiangcheng, Donghai three years ago. Now, after investigating all the way, it is very likely that my third senior sister's death was done by those corrupt people in the Tianluodiwang." Ye Qing said, "I want to avenge my third senior sister, and in the end, I will inevitably have to go to war with them."
“Moreover… this might involve the mysterious forces in the underworld you just mentioned,” Ye Qing said.
"Hmm?" Everyone turned their attention back to Ye Qing!
"This mysterious force is called Brahma. It is extremely large. Its leaders include high-ranking members of the Heavenly Net and the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Net. For example, Louis Vigus is in charge, and they have also joined forces with Killing Star!" Ye Qing said.
"You...you must be joking!" Ye Liang's expression changed. "You're saying that the Western Heavenly Net has joined forces with some high-ranking members of the Eastern Heavenly Net, as well as Killing Star, to form a force. What...are they planning to do?"
"Let's overturn the inescapable net!" Ye Qing said.
At this moment, Li Yuhuan pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps... they might be surrendering."
Amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd, Ye Qing took a deep breath and said, "I cannot be certain now, but I am 80% certain that there is an 80% probability that Dawn and Mangshan will ultimately embark on a path of opposition against Brahma, and may even face each other in life and death."
After saying that, Ye Qing looked at the Ye family members and said, "If you just want to protect yourselves, coming to Dawn might be a bit difficult."